Anyone else getting the black squares?

M.T. Cranium

Fairly often on boards.ie, I am plagued by black squares or rectangles that just hover around over top of posts that I am trying to read. Anyone else having this sort of issue? How do I get rid of them?

Serious answers appreciated although I'm game to let this wander off into a pointless discussion.

lawred2

You're probably dying

Malayalam

I started getting the black squares on a different site (only) last week. They still happen, especially if scrolling. I wonder is it some virus or malfunction in my computer rather than the site?

kneemos

Sounds vaguely racist.

Samuel T. Cogley

In the words of Malcom Tucker - lay off the poppers and fist suppers.

M.T. Cranium

I'm not vaguely racist. Or dying. (narrowing down the search)

Poor Uncle Tom

Redacted, device redacted.......

Discodog

I am getting them on my speed dial page

maximo31

I have actually been getting these squares on another website too!:eek:

GM228

Do the black squares come with grey dots?

The Hermann Grid illusion is taking over.

Malayalam

maximo31 wrote: »

I have actually been getting these squares on another website too!:eek:

See. It's one of those stupid bloody automatic updates has fecked up our systems. I bet ya.

Discodog

It's a Chrome issue. Try turning off hardware acceleration

Mrs OBumble

Yes. In chrome when i have a lot of tabs open.

Closing some tabs makes them go away.

pleas advice

spoiler

lawred2

I wouldn't rule out dying so quick

corsav6

I'm getting them in place of ads on mobile, have been for a while. More noticeable when I quick scroll through a thread.

Sky King

I don't know anything about black squares MT but two thumbs up for the weather posts! Love em.

(And yes, I appreciate the irony of posting something completely unhelpful to someone looking for help who themselve posts very helpful posts on a daily basis)

Relikk

Post a screenshot of it, but don't forget to close your Pornhub tabs first.

Mr. CooL ICE

Mod: ■. █ ▄ ▀ ■

sbsquarepants

You know them squares get socialising money? And free buggies for when they get knocked up from all the "socialising"

It's not right Joe

verycool

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Fairly often on boards.ie, I am plagued by black squares or rectangles that just hover around over top of posts that I am trying to read. Anyone else having this sort of issue? How do I get rid of them?

Serious answers appreciated although I'm game to let this wander off into a pointless discussion.

Then why AH!? :pac:


Seriously though, what browser are you using? What addons do you have installed? Does a reboot work (you'd be surprised how often "turn it off and on again" actually works!)

CelticRambler

Had problems logging on to boards.ie a couple of weeks ago using Firefox (wouldn't fully load the home page, and refused to switch to the legacy site which is the only one I use :pac: ) so I changed over to Chrome and got the black boxes every time. Whoever's updated whatever, I'm back on Firefox now and all is clean and tidy.

Graces7

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

I'm not vaguely racist. Or dying. (narrowing down the search)

I think I have the Black Death if that is any help? No? Ah well..

Squatter

Discodog wrote: »

It's a Chrome issue. Try turning off hardware acceleration

How do I do that with an Opera browser?

Squatter

Graces7 wrote: »

I think I have the Black Death if that is any help?

That's probably why the HSE website wouldn't give you that Medical Card - it knew there was no point!

verycool

Squatter wrote: »

How do I do that with an Opera browser?

Squatter wrote: »

That's probably why the HSE website wouldn't give you that Medical Card - it knew there was no point!

Why Opera?!


But at the top left, click the "O" then down to settings. Click "show advanced settings" on the bottom left. In the searchbox type "hardware" and the option is there.

(*uninstalls opera*)

You usually do when you have a bishop

verycool

bluewolf wrote: »

You usually do when you have a bishop

I'm glad you got that off your chess..t...


That was f*cking terrible, sorry!

frozenfrozen

its raining

Squatter

verycool wrote: »

Why Opera?!

(*uninstalls opera*)

Because I eventually gave up on Comodo Dragon!

(Done that, thanks.)

jiltloop

kneemos wrote: »

Sounds vaguely racist.

https://goo.gl/images/nu1CS1

Pherekydes

TODAY ... Continued black spots for some, possibly 10 to 20 mm likely but smaller black spots in south Leinster and western Canada. The black spot should ease by late afternoon and some clearing may begin before sunset.

TUESDAY ... Sunny intervals, warmer, slight chance of black spot inland.

WEDNESDAY ...Very low chance of black spot or sun spot. High chance of a severe outbreak of freckles.

SEPT 23 1989

This is why he is not allowed out of the weather forum

Graces7

Squatter wrote: »

That's probably why the HSE website wouldn't give you that Medical Card - it knew there was no point!

Oh I got the card; just that the named dr is an 8 hr drive and a sea crossing away :rolleyes:

Malayalam

Turning off hardware acceleration seems to have worked for me. Chrome. Windows 8.

uck51js9zml2yt

Why is MT so special that he's getting black squares?
I'm feeling left out:(

Your Face

Sounds like a White Stripes cover band.

How Soon Is Now

We need more threads like this in After Hours :pac:

Some the replys have been great!

Corca Baiscinn

Malayalam wrote: »

Turning off hardware acceleration seems to have worked for me. Chrome. Windows 8.

How did you do that though I've windows 10 so maybe not identical? When I go into settings under system I can see the option to "use hardware accelertion wehn available". I unticked that but still getting the black boxes on boards and other sites

Hector Bellend

The squirt porn has your screen messed up

Malayalam

Corca Baiscinn wrote: »

How did you do that though I've windows 10 so maybe not identical? When I go into settings under system I can see the option to "use hardware accelertion wehn available". I unticked that but still getting the black boxes on boards and other sites

Something pretty much the same I did. So far it's working but maybe it will come back as it was intermittent

M.T. Cranium

Well you guessed right on one thing, I am using chrome -- so having achieved that level of accuracy, wander over to the weather forum, you'll fit right in.

Another good suggestion was relation of black rectangles to tabs open. Right now I have just this and no black rectangles. I guess facebook, various weather forums, and tardis maintenance forum are using too much memory.

From what I've heard, porn uses too much mammary. But I am afraid to look, in case it messes with the empty cranium.

Malayalam

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

From what I've heard, porn uses too much mammary. But I am afraid to look, in case it messes with the empty cranium.

Haha :pac: brilliant

Addmagnet

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

This is why he is not allowed out of the weather forum

Richmond's-out-of-his-room-he's-not-in-his-room-he's-supposed-to-be-in-his-room-why-is-he-out-of-his-room?

Corca Baiscinn

MT thanks a million for this thread and Discodog and Malayam for the advice! Black squares gone and saved a trip to the computer repair shop. Didn't work first as needed a restart too. Computer shop would have been a hassle because all my passwords saved on sites so would have had to delete all and come up with new ones. Usually ignore AH's but new respect now!

Malayalam

Corca Baiscinn wrote: »

MT thanks a million for this thread and Discodog and Malayam for the advice! Black squares gone and saved a trip to the computer repair shop. Didn't work first as needed a restart too. Computer shop would have been a hassle because all my passwords saved on sites so would have had to delete all and come up with new ones. Usually ignore AH's but new respect now!

I was glad of thread too, as the black boxes were worrying, and the advice from Discodog was welcome. I just hope turning off hardware acceleration doesn't mean something else is not working properly now, unseen in the works, but all seems okay so far.